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Environmental Policy

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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2006

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Presentation To National Park Service – Pacific West Region April 25, 2006, Public Lands Institute Apr 2006

Presentation To National Park Service – Pacific West Region April 25, 2006, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (PLI)

The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.

In collaboration with federal, state, and non-profit partners, we are:

  • creating new knowledge
  • advancing technology
  • improving education
  • engaging the public to become involved in conservation and stewardship.


Presentation To National Park Service – Pacific West Region April 25, 2006, Public Lands Institute Apr 2006

Presentation To National Park Service – Pacific West Region April 25, 2006, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (PLI)

The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.

In collaboration with federal, state, and non-profit partners, we are:

  • creating new knowledge
  • advancing technology
  • improving education
  • engaging the public to become involved in conservation and stewardship.


Earth Science & Public Policy: Increasing Our Spheres Of Influence, Margaret N. Rees Apr 2006

Earth Science & Public Policy: Increasing Our Spheres Of Influence, Margaret N. Rees

Presentations (PLI)

The UNLV Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.


Presentation To Green Valley Rotary Club March 16, 2006, Public Lands Institute, Nancy Flagg Mar 2006

Presentation To Green Valley Rotary Club March 16, 2006, Public Lands Institute, Nancy Flagg

Presentations (PLI)

The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.

In collaboration with federal, state, and non-profit partners, we are:

  • creating new knowledge
  • advancing technology
  • improving education
  • engaging the public to enhance public lands stewardship.


Presentation To Outside Las Vegas Foundation January 23, 2006, Public Lands Institute Jan 2006

Presentation To Outside Las Vegas Foundation January 23, 2006, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (PLI)

The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.

In collaboration with federal, state, and non-profit partners, we are:

  • creating new knowledge
  • advancing technology
  • improving education
  • engaging the public to become involved in conservation and stewardship.


Uncertainty, Climate Change And Nuclear Power, David M. Hassenzahl Jan 2006

Uncertainty, Climate Change And Nuclear Power, David M. Hassenzahl

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications

Long time-horizon environmental risks with potential for global impacts have increased in visibility over the past several decades. Such issues as climate change, the nuclear fuel cycle, persistent synthetic chemicals, and stratospheric ozone depletion share some characteristics, including intergenerational impacts, strongly decoupled incidence of risks and benefits, substantial decision stakes and extreme uncertainty. What is not well understood are the similarities and differences among sources and implications of uncertainty among these global environmental threats, especially those associate with current and future human behavior. This describes the uncertainties associated with managing two global concerns: the nuclear (fission) fuel cycle and anthropogenic …